Upton Family
Big Springs Road Cemetery
Cemetery & genealogical information shared by Lyn Julian, lynxgliff@hotmail.com ,gr-gr-grandaughter of George Washington Upton.
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Big
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Gate
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Upton students were excited to receive the following
information from, Lyn Julian, a gr-gr-grandaughter of George Washington Upton,
who found our Upton History on the Internet.
“My Great-Great-Great-Grand father, Edward Upton and his 2nd
wife Virginia Jane Trainer, early Kentucky pioneers, are buried here.
Upton Family History
Edward Upton came from England; he
was listed as doing “Patriotic Service“ in the Revolutionary War. He was
married about 3 times and had children by each wife but he always had his home
in NC Tryon Co, Rutherford Co etc. He lived with his daughter Elizabeth Upton
Brackett at the time of his death. She is buried in Dysertsville NC. She
accompanied him along with his last wife and their young son to KY to see Edward
and Daniel one last time before he died.)
Upton Pioneers to Elk Spring
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Edward Upton
1st wife Rachel
Black (born in Tryon Co, KY 1775 born in
Tryon Co. NC in 1775 and |
Virginia Jane
Trammer (Trainer) his 2nd
wife |
Daniel Upton b. 1778 Mary Black (Brother to
Edward/sister to Rachel) |
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Children: |
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William Upton and his wife Amelia (Vertrees). |
George Washington
Upton & Elizabeth Flanders |
Daniel Upton Sarah Feb 7, 1798 wife of Daniel
Upton Aug 23, 1870 Dec 11,
1796-Oct 6, 1893 |
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A.J. Upton Family Edward Upton Grave
behind |
George Washington Upton Tombstone |
Daniel Upton Tombstone |
“My great-great grand
parents, George Washington Upton and his wife Elizabeth Flanders share a tall
stone.”
Children of G.W. Upton
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F. N.
Brashear Paralee (Upton) wife of F. N. Brashear 1840-1914 1847-1928 Paralee Upton Tombstone |
J.M. & Esler
(Upton) King Born June 10,
186(illegible? perhaps 1865?) Died March 9, 1868 |
Asbury
Upton Apr 25,
1846-Feb 25, 1874 |
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Documentation began May 2000, added to and
updated information May 2003 for Big Springs Cemetery in Hardin County KY on
Big Springs Road, on the edge of the city limits of Upton, KY city limits, sign
is next to road.
This is a partial listing; there are more
people I didn’t have time to copy with the surnames; Jagoe, Jagger, Kincade,
Sullivan, Watkins, Caswell, Skaggs, Smith, Flanders, Hightower. The cemetery is
surrounded by a 5ft high stone wall and has an iron walk through gate in the
center of the wall on the West side and a larger drive gate at the far
North-west corner.
Keith-Thomas section
Frances Keith Drane, August 17, 1893 (to)
July 5, 1962
Richard J. Keith, November 29, 1856 (to) Feb
3, 1906
Infant son of Richard J. & Malissa Keith,
Feb 28, 1898
Mother, Malissa Keith-Thomas, June 30, 1862
(to) Dec 15, 1940
Clara Upton Keith, Apr 18, 1891 (to) July 27,
1942
Clyde C. Keith, Nov 21, 1881 (to) Oct. 27,
1926
J. Lynn son of Richard J. & Malissa
Keith, Apr 7, 1902-July 9, 1902
Amy dau. of Richard J. & Malissa Keith,
May 25, 1888- Feb 6, 1902
Burks section
J.A. Burks, Sept 17, 1853-Dec 23, 1931,
Footstone says: Father/Mother
Narcissa O. His Wife, May 17, 1852-Dec 31,
1916
Clara Burks Caswell, Oct 4, 1880-Jan 1, 1960
Nora Bell Burks, March 24, 1879-May 8, 1963
(stone readable)
(Next stone broken off and missing name)
(Next stone broken into two pieces and down
on the ground)
Blessed are the dead, they die in the LORD,
Nancy wife of Wm. Pruitt, Born Nov 5, 1829, Died Sept 30, 1884, “A faithful
wife by our side, she filled our house with glee, But now our homes are
disturned wide, And we far distant be.”
(Next stone has the carving of a sleeping
lamb), Jacob son of M. & Lucy Pruitt, Born Feb 26, 1882, Died Feb 20, 1883,
“Sleep on sweet babe, And take thy rest, God called thee home, When he thought
best.”
(next stone has the carving of a sleeping
lamb) Ida, Daughter of M. & Lucy Pruitt, Born Dec 16, 1880, Died Oct 2,
1883, “Sleep on sweet babe, And take thy rest, God called thee home, When he
thought best.”
Blessed those who die in the Lord, James W.
Pruitt, son of Wm. & Nancy Pruitt, Born Nov 7, 1860, Died (stone broken so
can’t read it.)
(another stone broken dated “Sept 15” but
can’t make out the rest)
(two hands; handshake) (stone is broken and
down) Edwin P. son of J.M. & E.C. Barnett, Born Dec 10, 1856, Died Aug 31,
1882 “This lovely bud, called hence by, early doom, Just come to show, How
sweetly flower in heaven may bloom.”
wife of J.M. Barnett, Oct 24, 1828, Aug 16, 1895,
“Rest mother rest in quiet sleep, While Jesus in sorrow o’er thee weeps.”
Eudolpho E. son of C.L.Cosby, Born Dec 17,
1860, Died May 30, 1889
Infant Daughter of Chase M. & Mattie A.
Pearl, Feb 8, 1879
Junius O. son of C. & Martha E. Cosby,
Born Sept 2, 1839, Died Nov 26, 1874
L. Byron Bomar, Born Sept. 25, 1841, Died Jan
28, 1889 “Meet us in heaven, I will not target thee, the past and the future,
Are blended together by love’s dearest lies. Not a link in the chain but I‘ll
cherish and more. Till my spirit freed meets Thee, when this body dies.”
Aunt Lou, Lucy A. Bomar, July 8, 1843, May 4,
1925
(Hands clasped in handshake) Charles L.
Cosby, Born Feb 22, 1807, Died Nov 17, 1874 “I know thou hast another home, a
home where all is fair, Nor could I wish Thee back again, But hope to meet Thee
there.”
MOTHER (big stone face down)
(Broken Stone) James M. Barnett Dec. 27,
1817-Feb 4, 1875
(Broken Stone, carving has index finger
pointing heavenward inscription “Going Home”) Waina V. daughter of J.M/ &
E.O. Barnett, Born Nov 3, 1854, Died May 17, 1888, “Tis sweet to gaze upon the
sod, that wraps thy mouldering clay, to think thy rests with God.”
(Masonic symbol on top with “Holy Bible”
written out on the carving of an open book, stone is broken) Moses Overstreet,
June 4, 1815-July 28, 1879, “A faithful husband and father dear, In sweet
Repose is sleeping here, His painful loss we deeply feel, But God can all our
sorrows heal.”
(Masonic symbol and star) Cora Caswell, wife
of Homer B. Burks, 1891-1925
Earl “Shack” Brashear, March 18, 1919-Oct 12,
1976, “Gone But Not Forgotten”
Kara Ellen, daughter of W.H. & B.J.
Martin, died May 16, 1968, (this is the child of Shack Brashear (and Russell
Brashear’s) sister Betty Jane Brashear & her husband W.H. Martin)
Sarah Ellen (Payton) Brashear, Oct 26,
1897-Aug 17, 1966 (2nd) wife of Lawrence Brashear (stone face down) (this is
the mother of Russell Clifford , Earl Shacklette and Betty Jane Brashear)(
stone is face down on the ground)
Lawrence Brashear, Dec 28, 1874-March 18, 1951
(this is the father of Otto, Russell Clifford and Betty Jane Brashear, The
stone is face down on the ground but is not in any other way damaged) (Lawrence
is one of the sons of Paralee Upton Brashear and F.N. Brashear and the grandson
of G.W.Upton)
F.N. Brashear, 1840-1914 and his wife Paralee
(Upton), 1847-1928 (stone is upright as of May 2003, and in excellent
condition) (Paralee is the daughter of G.W. Upton)
SON, Infant son of N.C. & E. Larkin,
born/died Oct 10, 1906
R. U. Brashear, 1883-1906, (stone in
excellent condition) (this is Robert ?Upton? Brashear son of F.N. & Paralee
who was murdered as a young man, brother of Lawrence)
There is a grave here in this spot which has
been broken off at the base, headstone is gone)
Charlie R. son of T.B. & Kate Upton, Aug
21, 1877- July 10, 1897 (Tall Celtic Cross adorned with carved flowers is old
but is upright but is off the pedestal)
Wilburn son of T.B. & L.F., Dec. 1, 1870-
March 14, 1872
George W. Upton, 1873-1914 (this is a son of
A.J. Upton and his wife Mary Tinker Upton)
Malvina C. Upton, Aug 17, 1881- March 5, 1949
Blanche Upton, Nov 25, 1870- Nov 14, 1954
Stella Upton Cash, Jan 25, 1875- Nov 6, 1966
(these were the three sisters who were cousins to Paralee and called her
“Auntie Brite”. Stella paid for, in her will, stipulating the stone wall be
built around the cemetery and for a paved road up to the cemetery, but the city
used the road money for something else.) These are the daughters of Andrew
Jackson Upton and Mary Tinker Upton)
William Homer Cash, Sept 23, 1875- Apr 6,
1917 (this is Stella’s husband)
(All four of the stones are upright, readable
and in excellent condition)
Clara May Upton, wife of W.M. Ferguson, dau.
of A.J. & M. T. Upton, Aug 18, 1865- Feb 16, 1894 (Has the Lords’ Prayer on
the lower portion of the stone)
Amelia L. Upton, wife of A.W. McCandless ,
Jan 30, 1868- June 22, 1893 “Another Link is broken, In our household band, But
a chain is forming, In a better land.”
“OUR MOTHER”, Mary (Tinker) wife of A.J.
Upton, Aug 8, 1835- Sept 16, 1912, “She stretcheth out her, hand to the poor,
yea she, Reacheth forth her hand, To the needy Proverbs 31.20”
“OUR FATHER”, A. J. Upton, Born Nov 26, 1831,
Died Oct 31, 1896, “Mark the perfect man and behold, the upright, for the end
of that, man is peace Psalm cvi, 1.” (These four are very large stones of
marble, they are in excellent condition) (A.J. Upton’s parents were William
Upton and his wife Amelia Vertrees. William’s parents were Edward Upton (born
in Tryon Co. KY 1775 and his wife Virginia Jane Trainer or Trammer. A. J. and
G.W were full brothers)
Tontie, son of J.M. & Esler (Upton) King,
Born June 10, 186(illegible? perhaps 1865?), Died March 9, 1868, “Suffer little
children come, unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven”
(this stone is very old and worn, Esler Dickey Upton was the daughter of G.W.
Upton and his wife Elizabeth Flanders, Esler is the sister to Paralee Brite
Upton and to Asbury Upton)
Lula Lee, daughter of A.J. & M.T. Upton,
Born Dec 17, 1877, Died July 20, 1880, “Dearest Lula thou hast left us, Here
thy loss we deeply feel, But it’s God That has bereft us, He can all our
sorrows heal.” (This is another child of A.J. & Mary Tinker Upton)
Mariah wife of Robert B. Sullivan, Born Aug
2, 1838, Died Feb 4, 1863
Marcia (?) Sullivan, Born Nov 9, 1859, Died
Feb 2, 1863
(the next group of stones are of babies who
died in infancy, children of F.N. Brashear and his wife Paralee Brite Upton ,
these stones are still in the ground but are very old and the carving is becoming
hard to read)
Ruby, dau. of F.N. & Paralee Brashear,
Born July 1885, Died Sept 28, 1886
Clarence, son of F.N. & Paralee Brashear,
Born Apr 26, 1870, Died March 2, 1875
Adda dau. of F.N. & Paralee Brashear,
Born Jan 25, 1872, Died Dec 23, 1873
(Very worn stone, but still standing) Asbury
Upton, Apr 25, 1846- Feb 25, 1874, “Then pilgrim thy cares forego, All earth
born cares are in vain, Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little
long” (This is the brother to Esler Dickey Upton King and Paralee Brite Upton
Brashear, and the only son of George Washington Upton and his wife Elizabeth
Flanders)
(This is a tall stone of marble which has
fallen down, it marks the double grave of G.W. Upton and his wife Elizabeth
Flanders. Her carving is on the side, his is on the front). (George Washington
Upton is the son of the Edward Upton (born in 1775 in Tryon Co, NC) and his
second wife Virginia Jane Trainer (Trammer). Elizabeth Flanders is the daughter
of George W. Flanders and his wife Asaneth Skinner. George W. Flanders is the
son of a Revolutionary War veteran who received a pension for his service).
George W. Upton, Born March 22, 1820, Died
March 8, 1891, “Farewell my wife and children all, From you a husband and
father, Christ doth call, Morn not for me, it is in vain, To call me back to
your sight again, An honest man, the noblest work of God.”
Elizabeth (Flanders) Upton, Born Apr 4, 1817,
Died May 15, 1899, “You are not dead to us, But as a bright star, unseen. , The
hold what you are, over man, Though death intrudes in heaven.”
Edward Upton, May 4, 1775- Oct 21, 1852
Virginia (Janey) Trainer (or Trammer) Upton,
(2nd) wife of Edward Upton, 1791-June 1845
(The headstone was a replacement; not the original.
It was large, about 4 to 5 ft high, gray granite, it was there in 2001 and gone
when I went back in 2003. There isn’t even a pedestal or any evidence left on
the spot).
(Edward’s first wife was Margaret Rachael
Black, a Highland Scot who was 6 ft 8 in tall. This is the Edward who was born
in Tryon Co NC as was his brother Daniel. Edward and Daniel (born in Tryon Co.
in 1778) came to settle in Green Co. Ky. They also married sisters, Rachael
Black married Edward and Mary Black married Daniel. The boys’ father was also
named Edward Upton and he came from England, he was listed as doing “Patriotic
Service” in the Revolutionary War. The Edward from England married about 3
times and had children by each wife but he always had his home in NC, in Tryon County,
Rutherford Co, etc. He llived with his daughter Elizabeth Upton Brackette at
the time of his death. She is buried in Dysertsville, NC. She accompanied him,
along with his last wife and their young son to KY to see Edward and Daniel on
last time before he died.)
This next stone is Daniel Upton the son of
Edward Upton (born in Tryon Co, NC in 1775 and his first wife Margaret Rachael
Black)
Daniel Upton, Feb 7, 1798, Aug 23, 1870.
Sarah, wife of Daniel Upton, Dec 11, 1796-Oct
6, 1893
(These stones are very, very old and original
but are showing a great deal of wear, but they are upright and of good size)
T.J. Upton, 1832-1919
Mary A., his wife, 1840-1925
“In Memory” (front of stone says) Henry T.
Seco, born Sept 27, 1878, Died July 9, 1908 (marker off of foundation, face
up.)
Father, S. C. Jaggers, 1845-1921
Mother, Sarah E., his wife, 1846-1935
Charlie C. Jefferies, Born May 28, 1866, Died
Nov 2, 1902, “You are not dead to us, But as a Bright Star, unseen threshold
that you are ever near. Though death intrudes between.”
RUSH, Albert Rush Sept 10, 1840, May 15,
1934, Husband
Mary A., Dec. 19, 1848, Apr 27, 1934, Wife
(carving of two hands clasped in handshake)
Elizabeth J. wife of Hardin Shively, Born May 22, 1825, Died Oct. 31, 1882
W.H. Shively, 1858-1923, Laura J. his wife
1864-(blank), “Asleep in Jesus.” (marker off of foundation)
Upton, Malvina C. , Aug 17, 1861-March 5,
1949
(5th row under cedar tree) Esler (Dickey
Upton) King, Dec 7, 1849-Nov 30, 1913 (This is the other daughter of G.W. Upton
and his wife Elizabeth Flanders)
James M. King Aug 9, 1848-July 18, 1904 (this
is Esler’s husband)
(Hand with index finger pointing heavenward)
“Gone Home”
Green Upton, Born Jan 2, 1818, Died Aug 1,
1896 “Afflictions sore long, time I bore, Physicians, skill in pain, Till
Christ was pleased to give me ease, and rid me of my Pain”
Arrozina (Rider) wife of Green Upton,
1821-1915, “Thy noble life is done, the battle fought the victory won.”
(both stone are quite old and both are lying
on the ground under the cedar tree)
Soloy, son of T.J. & M. “?” Upton, May 4,
1863- Aug 7, 1864 (This child was named after William Upton’s & his wife’s
Amelia (Vertrees) son Solon Finley Upton (born 1840 died March 21, 1862)
J.W. Flanders, Born March 8, 1855, Died March
9, 1893 (related to Elizabeth Flanders, wife of G.W.Upton )